Tiger Boys Basketball

   The Springfield Tiger varsity boys basketball team added three more victories to their season record this past week.  The Tigers defeated Minnesota Valley Lutheran 98-60 on February 20, Windom Area 76-62 on February 22 and St. Clair 67-45 on February 23 to end their regular season at 25-1.

     Section playoffs begin this week.  The Tiger boys are the #1 seed and will play the winner of the #8 seed Truman/ML/GHEC vs. #9 seed USC game on Monday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m. at Springfield.  Best of luck to Head Coach Lance Larson and the Tigers in section action!

 

Tigers 98  MVL 60

The Tigers traveled to New Ulm for a Tomahawk Conference matchup with Minnesota Valley Lutheran last Tuesday evening.  The Tigers took control in the first half and went on to defeat the Chargers 98-60.  The win put the Tiger season record at 23-1 and their undefeated conference record at 16-0.

In team action, Isaac Fink led the scoring with 29 points along with 13 rebounds and 8 assists.  Mitchell Buerkle scored 17 points with 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals while Tanner Vogel scored 11 points with 3 rebounds and 5 assists.  Jordan Kieper scored 11 points with 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal while Decker Scheffler scored 10 points with 11 rebounds and 7 assists.  Mitchell Leonard scored 8 points with 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal while Nolan Hoveland scored 8 points with 1 rebound, 3 assists and 1 steal.  Andrew Beckman scored 2 points with 4 rebounds while teammate Curtis Tauer scored 2 points with 2 rebounds and 1 steal.  Elijah Kirschstein added 1 rebound and 2 assists, Ivan Hovland added 1 rebound and 1 assist and Jake Rosenstengel added 1 rebound for the Tiger victory.

 

Tigers 76  Windom 62

The Tigers traveled to Windom last Thursday evening for a non-conference game with the Windom Area Eagles.  The Tigers once again came out on top, defeating the Eagles 76-62, taking their season record to 24-1.

In team action, Isaac Fink scored 29 points with 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals while teammate Tanner Vogel scored 17 points with 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals.  Mitchell Buerkle scored 11 points with 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals while Decker Scheffler scored 9 points with 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.  Jordan Kieper scored 5 points with 3 rebounds while Mitchell Leonard scored 4 points with 4 rebounds and 2 steals.  Nolan Hovland scored 1 point with 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals while Blaine Groebner added 6 rebounds and Andrew Beckman added 2 rebounds and 1 steal for the Tiger victory. 

 

 

Tigers 67 St. Clair 45  

The Tigers traveled to St. Clair last Friday evening for a non-conference game against the St. Clair Cyclones.  The Tigers defeated the Cyclones 67-45 in the last game of the regular season.  The Tigers season record stands at 25-1 and Tomahawk Conference record stands at 16-0.

In team action, Isaac Fink scored 20 points with 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals while Tanner Vogel scored 15 points with 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.  Teammate Decker Scheffler scored 14 points with 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals while Mitchell Leonard scored 8 points with 8 rebounds and 1 assist.  Mitchell Buerkle scored 6 points with 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals while Curtis Tauer scored 2 points with 1 rebound and 1 steal.  Ivan Hovland scored 2 points with 1 assist while teammate Andrew Beckman added 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.  Blaine Groebner had 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal while teammates Elijah Kirschstein and Jake Rosenstengel each had 1 rebound.  Jordan Kieper added 2 assists and Nolan Hovland added 1 assist on the night.

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